Ch. 14 - Disorders

Question 1

Medical model proposes that it is…

Answer 1

proposes that it is useful to think of abnormal behavior as disease

Question 2

Etiology is the…

Answer 2

apparent causation and developmental history of an illness

Question 3

Prognosis is the…

Answer 3

forecast about the probable course of an illness

Question 4

Criteria of abnormal behavior is…

Answer 4

makes you sick or a criminal, very objective (judgment calls), societies meaning associated with it

Question 5

Criteria of abnormal behavior includes (3)

Answer 5

• Deviance
• Maladaptive behavior (distressful)
• Personal distress

Question 6

Deviance (Defintion)

Answer 6

differs from what society considers acceptable

Question 7

Transvestic fetishism is a… where…

Answer 7

sexual disorder where men achieve arousal by dressing in women’s clothing

Question 8

Maladaptive behavior (distressful) interferes with a person’s…

Answer 8

social or occupational functioning, thrive, do well, and survive in that society

Question 9

Personal distress is when…

Answer 9

person does not want to be this way— people make you feel bad for being a certain way

Question 10

SZASZ is a…

And the medial model is not appropriate for the ___ only the ___

Answer 10

mental illness model

• Medial model not appropriate for the mind, only the body

Question 11

Generalized anxiety disorder is marked by…

Answer 11

marked by chronic, high level of anxiety that is not tied to any specific threat

Question 12

Generalized anxiety disorder is related to (who/how)?

Answer 12

Freud: free floating because there is no reason or trigger

Question 13

Panic disorder is…

Answer 13

feelings of terror that strike for no reason (no trigger)— overreaction of nervous system

Question 14

Specific phobia is…

Answer 14

persistent, extreme, and irrational fear of an object or situation that presents no realistic danger

Question 15

OCD is…

Answer 15

persistent, uncontrollable intrusion of unwanted thoughts (obsessions — cause anxiety) and urges to engage in senseless rituals (compulsions — to reduce anxiety

Question 16

Post traumatic stress disorder involves…

Answer 16

enduring psychological disturbance attributed to the experience of a major traumatic event

Question 17

Dissociative disorders are a class of disorders in which people…

Answer 17

lose contact with portions of their consciousness or memory, resulting in disruption in their sense of identity— NOT amnesia

Question 18

Dissociative amnesia is a…

Answer 18

sudden loss of memory for an important personal information that is too extensive to be due to normal forgetting

Question 19

Dissociative identity disorder (formerly named: __) is…

Answer 19

formerly named multiple personalities disorder— two or more distinct personalities that cannot overlap

Question 20

Major depressive disorder is when people show…

Rates are…

Answer 20

persistent feelings of sadness and despair and a loss of interest in previous sources of pleasure
-Rates are twice as high in women

Question 21

Mania is when someone has…

Answer 21

too much energy— irrational thinking, fast movements, hyper, hallucinations/delusions

Question 22

Schizophrenia is marked by… (4)

Answer 22

delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking and speech, and deterioration of adaptive behavior

Question 23

Schizophrenia emerges during… and prevents people from doing… because…

Answer 23

adolescence and early adulthood… anything in life because they cannot think straight (cognitive)